Next week, Skate 2 for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 hits local shelves and kickstarts 2009’s line-up of gaming. Gametrailers have posted up a Skate 2 Preview that pretty much covers everything there is to know about what the game will offer as well as what newcomers and fans of the original can expect to get from the experience. If …

Microsoft’s global product manager Guy Welch has announced that Gears of War 2 has in fact managed to sell a massive 4 million units over the last 2 months, doubling the sales pace of the original. While I am very happy for them, I cannot help but feel a little upset by the fact that there are so many small …

After seeing some proper footage of Street Fighter 4’s gameplay I have become rather excited about it. At first, I didn’t really like how the characters felt heavier but after a while I really started warming up to the new feel and realised that if nothing had changed then there wouldn’t be a point to the game now would there? …

There is a rumour flying around (and mostly now being confirmed) that the Halo Assault Rifle can be found, purchased and used in the new area of Fable 2 called Knothole Island that has been released as a DLC pack. Made to match together with the “Master Chief” armour, the assault rifle is named “Hal’s Gun”. A few people have …

Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter (try saying that when you are drunk) has said that he expects a Playstation 3 price drop by April this year. He then specifically predicted that the 80gb PS3 SKU would drop by $100. He added, “Once the PS3 is at a more affordable price point, we think that sales of that device will …

It’s true that console comparisons have gotten a little tired now but this one is different. First of all, I need to mention that the first Skate on Playstation 3 was a worse experience on PS3. This is not my opinion, this is the opinion of a lot of PS3 users who were left feeling very upset with Skate’s terrible …

An interesting article from Gamezine.co.uk popped up that states that according to the numbers released by both Sony and Microsoft about the number of active accounts on their online platforms, the PS3 actually has a higher percentage of users online than the Xbox 360 and it got me thinking about Microsoft’s decision to keep charging for gold memberships. The percentages …

Guest Writer: Dev van der Bank Who ollied over the cuckoo’s nest? So, the long awaited Skate 2 has finally hit the marketplace, and being a huge fan of the first Skate, I couldn’t wait to play. The flick-it system revolutionized the way we looked at skating games. It was frustrating at first but in general it worked out as …